William Sackett

(1771-1861)
William Sackett|b. 1771\nd. 1861|p7704.htm|William Sackett|b. 1741\nd. 1819|p5895.htm|Anne Ansell|b. 1739\nd. 1833||Henry Sackett|b. 1710/11\nd. 1790|p4803.htm|Elizabeth Clifford|b. c 1709\nd. 1786||||||||
FatherWilliam Sackett (1741-1819)
MotherAnne Ansell (1739-1833)
ReferenceN.3
William Sackett, waggoner and postmaster, son of William Sackett and Anne Ansell, was baptized at Birchington Church, Kent, on 28 April 1771.1 He died aged 90 and was buried at St Peter's Church, Thanet, Kent, on 16 November 1861.2 He married at St Peter's Church, Thanet, on 15 October 1797, Elizabeth Holt.3 Elizabeth was born in about 1772.4 Elizabeth Holt died aged 73 in Thanet in June 1845.5,6 She was buried at St Peter's Church on 2 July 1845.6
     In 1841 William was living at St Peter in Thanet, Kent, and was recorded in the census as William Sackett, 65, coach maker, aged 65 and born in Kent. Living with him was his wife Elizabeth, 65. Also in the household were William and Elizabeth's daughter Hannah and her husband James Pay with their children, Charlotte, 15, Jane, 10, Elizabeth, 9, and Sarah, 6.7
     In 1861 he was living at 18 John Street, Ramsgate, Kent, in the household of his son-in-law James [or John?] Pay, and was recorded as William Sackett, a former postmaster, a widower, aged 89, and born in Birchington. Also in the household were his granddaughters Charlotte Hobbs, a widow aged 35, and Sarah Pay, unmarried and aged 26, and his great-grandson Thomas J Hobbs (Charlotte's son), aged seven.8

Sackett Family Association descendants: Michael Anthony Sackett · Jeremy Sackett · Kenneth John Sackett ·

Family

Elizabeth Holt
Children

Notes & Citations

  1. [S377] Baptisms Register, Birchington, Kent, "28 April 1771 William s. William & Ann Sackett."
  2. [S666] Burials Register, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent, "16 November 1861 William Sackett, St Peter's, 90 years."
  3. [S336] Marriages Register, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent, "15 October 1797 William Sackett, bachelor, of this parish, waggoner, & Elizabeth Holt, spinster, of this parish. Witnesses: Edmund Marshall, Rd. Busbridge [freq wit.]."
  4. [S404] Date of birth based on age at death.
  5. [S1160] GRO Indexes to Deaths, 1837 to date (National Archives), "Mar qtr 1846. Sackett, Elizabeth. Thanet." [Appears to be a late registration - Elizabeth died June 1845].
  6. [S666] Burials Register, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent, "2 July 1845 Elizabeth Sackett, St Peter's, 73 years."
  7. [S1445] Website 1841 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/), St Peter, Kent
    William Sackett, 65, coach maker, b. Kent
    Elizabeth Sackett, 65, b. Kent
    James Pay, 35, shoemaker, b. Kent
    Hannah Pay, 40, b. Kent
    Charlotte Pay, 15, b. Kent
    Jane Pay, 10, b. Kent
    Elizabeth Pay, 9, b. Kent
    Sarah Pay, 6 , b. Kent
    HO107; Piece 468; Book: 18; Civil Parish: St Peter; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 19; Folio: 13; Page: 18; Line: 15; GSU roll: 306863.
  8. [S662] 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/?
    18 John Street, Ramsgate, Kent
    James Pay, head, widower, 59, shoemaker, b. Minster, Kent
    Charlotte H Hobbs, dau, widow, 35, housekeeper, b. St Peter's
    Sarah F Pay, dau, unm., 26, milliner, b. St Peter's
    Thomas J Hobbs, grandson, 7, scholar, b. St Peter's
    William Sackett, father-in-law, widower, 89, formerly postmaster, b. Birchington.